Quake prompts local tsunami warning for Fiji
Posted on: Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 04:12 CST
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A 6.8 magnitude undersea earthquake rocked outlying Fiji islands on Tuesday, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to warn of a possible local tsunami in the southwest Pacific nation.
However Fiji radio said there were no reports of damage or a tsunami by late Tuesday.
A spokesman for Geoscience Australia said the shallow quake was recorded about 250 km (155 miles) north of the Fiji island of Vanua Levu at 0316 GMT.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was unlikely to pose a threat of a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami, but said authorities should be aware of a possible local tsunami within 100 km (60 miles) of the quake's epicentre.
"No destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," it said.
Source: REUTERS
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